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At what age do you start 3 solid meals a day?
« on: April 05, 2006, 23:36:32 pm »
I am getting ready to start dd on solids next week when she turns 6 months.  How long do you wait before you introduce two meals, 3 meals?

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Re: At what age do you start 3 solid meals a day?
« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2006, 23:40:16 pm »
I would wait a week or so and see how he is going adjusting to solids. I didn't introduce meal 3 until 2 months after starting solids.

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Re: At what age do you start 3 solid meals a day?
« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2006, 00:12:13 am »
We moved quite quickly to 3 solids per day.  We started solids about a week before 6 months.  One week later we were at 2 solids a day, and 3 weeks after that we are on 3 solids a day.  We began with a morning feed, then added the evening and last the lunch feed.  DD eats the most at the middle feed of the day.
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Re: At what age do you start 3 solid meals a day?
« Reply #3 on: April 06, 2006, 00:16:19 am »
I started cereals less than 2 weeks ago (when my lo turned 6 months) and my Dr. told me that I could start with rice cereal in the morning only (so if it upsets his tummy it isn't through the night!) He told me that I could introduce a new cereal (barley) 3 - 5 days and bump rice up to lunch. Then again with his 3rd cereal - oats. So now my lo is getting 3 solids (cereals) a day (Oats in the morning, barley for lunch and rice for dinner) in addition to all of his regular feeds. I BF and then about 1/2 hour to an hour later I feed him his cereals. I am planning to start his first real solid food this week sometime so that he has been on cereals for at least 2 weeks.  :)

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Re: At what age do you start 3 solid meals a day?
« Reply #4 on: April 06, 2006, 14:52:49 pm »
Thanks everyone. That helps alot.









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Re: At what age do you start 3 solid meals a day?
« Reply #5 on: April 06, 2006, 14:57:29 pm »
I started weaning at 4 months - smooth purees 1 meal, then increase to 2 meals at 5 months.  I only added an otherone on a consistant basis at 6 months.

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Re: At what age do you start 3 solid meals a day?
« Reply #6 on: April 06, 2006, 16:45:25 pm »
I feed DS breakfast and lunch, then give him finger foods while we are eating dinner, not that he actually gets any in his mouth, but it is a good learning experience. 

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Re: At what age do you start 3 solid meals a day?
« Reply #7 on: April 06, 2006, 17:59:22 pm »
Does your ds have teeth yet?  What kind of finger foods?









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Re: At what age do you start 3 solid meals a day?
« Reply #8 on: April 06, 2006, 18:16:55 pm »
I give buttered toast or toast with cheese spread.
baby rice cakes - cinnimon and apple flavor
veggies sometimes
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Re: At what age do you start 3 solid meals a day?
« Reply #9 on: April 06, 2006, 19:20:07 pm »
She hasn't cut any teeth yet.  Would it be OK for her to "gum" these things?









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Re: At what age do you start 3 solid meals a day?
« Reply #10 on: April 06, 2006, 19:23:17 pm »
Yes, Calum gums them - he has no teeth YET, i may be posting otherwise soon  :-\

She will probably screw her face up and throw them away to start with, but keep with it and she will learn.
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Re: At what age do you start 3 solid meals a day?
« Reply #11 on: April 06, 2006, 19:23:48 pm »
He has 2 bottom teeth, but doesn't use them for anything except chomping on my knuckles  ;D ;D ;D
I give him: Very small pieces of ripe banana, hard toast, and those little wagon-wheels gerber makes.  I gave him a graham cracker once and he gagged and choked so it scared me, so I haven't given him another one.  He gags and chokes on the banana, but I know they are tiny and he just has to swollow them down.  I was worried about giving him the wagon wheels because of the sugar, but there is 1 gram in 3 wheels and I only give him one.  He also gets his sippy cup at dinner to *try* to drink, but mostly just chew on. (he needs our help to tip it up).

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Re: At what age do you start 3 solid meals a day?
« Reply #12 on: April 06, 2006, 19:29:29 pm »
Idahomom- Try coating the banana pieces in cereal.  That makes them easier to pick up and may be easier to eat that way
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Re: At what age do you start 3 solid meals a day?
« Reply #13 on: April 06, 2006, 19:31:18 pm »
PaigeJalyn - Thanks!! i will try that.

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Re: At what age do you start 3 solid meals a day?
« Reply #14 on: April 06, 2006, 19:42:05 pm »
Wow, all you guys seem so experienced at this.  I am scared to give her ANYTHING!!  I just get these horrible pictures in my head of her choking and it scares me to death :'(